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Calcaneal process - Processus calcaneus

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The posterior surface of cuboid is smooth, triangular, and concavo-convex, for articulation with the anterior surface of the calcaneus; its infero-medial angle projects backward as a process, the calcaneal process, which underlies and supports the anterior end of the calcaneus.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).